παντοδαπῶς με τυφλοῖ μύρου ὀδμὴ ᾧ σὺ κέχρισαι·
κείνης πως ὀδμῆς κρυπτομένη κακίων;
At the bucolic caesura I have taken a Homeric liberty with hiatus. Sterner metricians may substitute τῷ.
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2 comments:
Hm. I would expect correption between μύρου and ὀδμὴ.
On the other hand, the hiatus between ὀδμὴ and ᾧ is perfect, since of course the latter word would have begun with sw- (sigma-digamma).
On the other hand, I couldn't possibly compose an elegiac couplet to save my life, so I guess I shouldn't be finding fault with yours :-)
See, the association between odor and Greek has stuck in your mind...
Well, given some of the poems in the Anthology on smell, I figured a little composition was a good way to work out my horror.
Hm. I would expect correption between μύρου and ὀδμὴ.
There is. I allow myself Attic correption earlier in the line — another feature of elegiacs.
On the other hand, the hiatus between ὀδμὴ and ᾧ is perfect, since of course the latter word would have begun with sw-
Actually, hiatus across the bucolic caeusra is common, regardless of the following word. That was my model here.
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